Partitioning with parted example

parted /dev/sdb

(parted) print
Model: AMCC 9550SXU-12 DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 2880GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size   File system  Name  Flags
1      17.4kB  750GB   750GB  ext3         ext4
2      750GB   1500GB  750GB               ext3

(parted) rm 2
(parted) rm 1
(parted) print
Model: AMCC 9550SXU-12 DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 2880GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

(parted) mkpart files2
File system type?  [ext2]? ext4
parted: invalid token: ext4
File system type?  [ext2]? ext3
Start? 0
End? 1000GB
(parted) mkpart files
File system type?  [ext2]? ext3
Start? 1000GB
End? 1750GB
(parted) mkpart vz1
File system type?  [ext2]? ext3
Start? 1750GB
End? 2250GB
(parted) mkpart vz2
File system type?  [ext2]? ext3
Start? 2250GB
End? 2880GB
(parted) print
Model: AMCC 9550SXU-12 DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 2880GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name    Flags
1      17.4kB  1000GB  1000GB  ext3         files2
2      1000GB  1750GB  750GB                files
3      1750GB  2250GB  500GB                vz1
4      2250GB  2880GB  630GB                vz2

(parted) quit
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.

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